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July 25th 2012:Adrenaline Nation: An Interview with Peter McCarthy

While our society is the most technologically advanced on the planet, leading the way in economic growth, technological innovation and standard of living, we are paying the price for this success with unprecedented levels of chronic stress.
Like a pebble dropped in a pond, chronic stress ripples through virtually every facet of our society. Entertainment, health care, Corporate America, and interpersonal relationships are just a few of the many aspects of our society which chronic stress impacts.
Peter McCarthy demonstrates that stress has become an overwhelmingly negative fa

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Peter McCarthy

Few people know more about stress than a former commercial airline and B-52 bomber pilot. After 36 years in the pilot seat, Peter McCarthy knows first-hand the impact stress can have on the human organism. Now he has written a landmark book that chronicles the cost of stress on our entire society and what we can do about it.
Adrenaline Nation makes a forceful case for why Americans have reached the breaking point. Drawing from his broad experience as a military officer, commercial pilot, traditional naturopath and grass roots political activist, Peter McCarthy, ND weaves a compelling narrative that is sure to begin an ongoing national dialogue in the boardroom, by the water fountain, in